diff --git a/src/binding/python/Attributable.cpp b/src/binding/python/Attributable.cpp
index e89043aa6c..0149748555 100644
--- a/src/binding/python/Attributable.cpp
+++ b/src/binding/python/Attributable.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <optional>
 #include <pybind11/detail/common.h>
 #include <string>
+#include <type_traits>
 #include <vector>
 
 using PyAttributeKeys = std::vector<std::string>;
@@ -266,29 +267,24 @@ bool setAttributeFromBufferInfo(
     }
 }
 
-struct SetAttributeFromObject
+namespace detail
 {
-    static constexpr char const *errorMsg = "Attributable.set_attribute()";
-
-    template <typename RequestedType>
-    static bool
-    call(Attributable &attr, std::string const &key, py::object &obj)
+template <typename RequestedType>
+bool setAttributeFromObject_default(
+    Attributable &attr, std::string const &key, py::object &obj)
+{
+    if (std::string(py::str(obj.get_type())) == "<class 'list'>")
     {
-        if (std::string(py::str(obj.get_type())) == "<class 'list'>")
-        {
-            using ListType = std::vector<RequestedType>;
-            return attr.setAttribute<ListType>(key, obj.cast<ListType>());
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            return attr.setAttribute<RequestedType>(
-                key, obj.cast<RequestedType>());
-        }
+        using ListType = std::vector<RequestedType>;
+        return attr.setAttribute<ListType>(key, obj.cast<ListType>());
     }
-};
+    else
+    {
+        return attr.setAttribute<RequestedType>(key, obj.cast<RequestedType>());
+    }
+}
 
-template <>
-bool SetAttributeFromObject::call<double>(
+bool setAttributeFromObject_double(
     Attributable &attr, std::string const &key, py::object &obj)
 {
     if (std::string(py::str(obj.get_type())) == "<class 'list'>")
@@ -313,8 +309,7 @@ bool SetAttributeFromObject::call<double>(
     }
 }
 
-template <>
-bool SetAttributeFromObject::call<bool>(
+bool setAttributeFromObject_bool(
     Attributable &attr, std::string const &key, py::object &obj)
 {
     return attr.setAttribute<bool>(key, obj.cast<bool>());
@@ -358,8 +353,8 @@ std::optional<TargetType> tryCast(py::object const &obj)
     }
 }
 
-template <>
-bool SetAttributeFromObject::call<char>(
+template <typename Char_t>
+bool setAttributeFromObject_char(
     Attributable &attr, std::string const &key, py::object &obj)
 {
     using explicit_char_type = typename char_to_explicit_char<>::type;
@@ -425,6 +420,39 @@ bool SetAttributeFromObject::call<char>(
             "object as any char-based type.");
     }
 }
+} // namespace detail
+
+struct SetAttributeFromObject
+{
+    static constexpr char const *errorMsg = "Attributable.set_attribute()";
+
+    template <typename RequestedType>
+    static bool
+    call(Attributable &attr, std::string const &key, py::object &obj)
+    {
+        if constexpr (std::is_same_v<RequestedType, double>)
+        {
+            return ::detail::setAttributeFromObject_double(attr, key, obj);
+        }
+        else if constexpr (std::is_same_v<RequestedType, bool>)
+        {
+            return ::detail::setAttributeFromObject_bool(attr, key, obj);
+        }
+        else if constexpr (
+            std::is_same_v<RequestedType, char> ||
+            std::is_same_v<RequestedType, signed char> ||
+            std::is_same_v<RequestedType, unsigned char>)
+        {
+            return ::detail::setAttributeFromObject_char<RequestedType>(
+                attr, key, obj);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return ::detail::setAttributeFromObject_default<RequestedType>(
+                attr, key, obj);
+        }
+    }
+};
 
 bool setAttributeFromObject(
     Attributable &attr,